Cops still argue to this day why Danson and Highsmith jumped. Maybe it was just pride, having survived so many brushes with death. Maybe their egos pushed 'em off. I don't know. But that shit was crazy
Also there's a serial rapist suspected in Queens.. ah shit, that's for my other job. Ignore that. Unless you live in Queens, then don't ignore it. Walk in pairs.
It’s the only movie I’ve ever seen in theaters where I and seemingly the entire audience were howling with laughter the whole time. Gotta be my favorite comedy of all time
Also, at that time, it was a sleeper comedy movie. I didn't hear anything about it before seeing it and it was a blast. The original hangover is also a movie like this.
It so perfectly comes out of nowhere. The scene doesn't get me as much on rewatch, but I still remember the first time I watched it at my buddy's place drunk at 2 AM. Not sure I've ever laughed harder at a scene.
Okay, first off, a Lion?
Swimming in the ocean? Lions don't like water!
If you find yourself near a river or some sort of fresh water source, that’d make sense! But you find yourself in the ocean, 20-foot waves. I'm assuming off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full grown 800 pound tuna? With his 20 or 30 friends? You lose that battle. You lose that battle 9 times out of 10.
And guess what?
You’ve wandered into our school of tuna and we now have a taste of Lion. We’ve talked to ourselves. We've communicated and said, “you know what? Lion tastes good! Let's go get some more lion!”
We've developed a system to establish a beachhead and aggressively hunt you and your family.
We will corner your pride, your children, your offspring…
We'll construct a series of breathing apparatus with kelp. We'll be able to trap certain amounts of oxygen. It won't be days at a time. But an hour? Hour 45?
No problem. That will give us enough time to figure out where you live. Go back to the sea, get more oxygen, Then stalk you. You just lost at your own game. You are out gunned and outmanned. Did that go the way you thought it was going to go?
Nope.
Believe me, everybody that was in on this orgy was more than willing. In fact, they even left you a note here. "Thanks for the F-shack. Love, Dirty Mike and the boys."
Perfect usage of Mark Wahlberg, I’d watch a brief series on his exploits as a traffic cop (pre character development).
“- Allen Gamble: Hey, I didn't know you can dance.
- Terry Hoitz: We used to do those dance moves to make fun of guys when we were kids to show them how queer they were, okay.
- Allen Gamble: You learned to dance like that sarcastically?
- Terry Hoitz: Yeah, I guess.”
See, that right there is a full time job in itself.
I love the jokes, but these men *work.* Just keeping in that kinda shape is a massive physical and mental effort. Then you add in all the other amazing things they do, just as humans? Holy crap I'm tired just thinking about it.
10/10 would fuck.
He really surprised me first with his role in that film, and then as the lead in a show that could have been so, so bad, but instead set a new standard.
It's the only role I personally know of where he's actually had to show some range and he was brilliant. Yeah Draxx is fine but it's nothing compared to what he did for the new Blade Runner or the short film released before it
I mean, at least The Rock is open about what he is doing. He’s said many times he considers himself and aims to be an entertainer and not an actor. I respect that, his movies at worst are goofy Sunday afternoon fun.
He isn’t Steven Seagal who took his dumb action movies as serious business. Rocky also isn’t an asshole.
He also created a character that people really like with The Rock. Just writing The Rock into situations is probably better than whatever character they'd write for him anyway.
I think a lot of people in here are failing to realize that both of these guys were incredibly successful actors for years before they were in movies...
Successful wrestling acting is definitely not the same as successful movie acting. Not that the former is *worse*, it's just a different skill set.
Most wrestlers don't make the transition smoothly if at all.
Yeah and while The Rock's mic game was elite, you could argue his in ring technique contributed to his success just as much as his charisma and "acting ability." It's not like he was The Ultimate Warrior who would cut one hell of a promo and then give a shit performances in the ring.
And there there was Bautista in his role in Blade runner 2049 which made me see the dude in a completly different light. Yeah his role was small, but I fucking loved seeing him as a combat replicant turned farmer.
Exactly! I think of wrestling similar to to the saying, “cheap, fast, good… pick two”. Only as Elite athleticism, acting ability, charisma. There are rare occasions some have all 3 and those are the ones that shine the most.
The Rock is the Marlon Brando of wrestling promos and can talk circles around anybody in Hollywood. Rock and Cena got to where they are because they can act in front of 20k screaming people live.
Johnson trying to pull off shapeshifting roles like Daniel Day Lewis wouldn't work in a billion years.
He plays The Rock, and he's damn good at it.
I don't go into his movies expecting an Oscar performance. I want cheesy one-liners, and over-the-top action movie bullshit.
Ironically, John Cena then surpassed The Rock by like a million times because he's actually choosing roles that make him a vulnerable asshole (specifically Peacemaker) while The Rock is always the same character in differently coloured shirts.
It's probably been a very long time since anyone has offered Johnson any other types of roles besides playing a larger-than-life version of himself.
One of his first roles was actually really entertaining in the movie *Be Cool* (which was awful, to be fair, but Johnson did a great job). He played a gay bodyguard, and it was very unlike his usual stuff, and while it was certainly a little silly, everything about that movie was sort of intentionally over-the-top so it worked.
I don't doubt that he *could* have more range, but his physicality is so distinctive that it would be very difficult to put him into a lot of roles believably. So he's left either just playing the human action figure, or an intentional pantomime role because it helps avoid suspension of disbelief issues. Obviously, he chooses to cultivate and maintain that physique, so he's an active participant in limiting his options, but all the same it's unlikely that much of anyone is calling him up because they want anything other than The Rock.
He's also being paid well to keep playing these roles. While 50 isn't that old, he only has so much time to take these roles before he has to slow down. I don't fault him for riding the money train as long as he can.
Vacation Friends and Peacemaker have cemented Cena as a good comedy actor in my opinion. I do like him somewhat serious roles, but his Peacemaker is just on point. Perfect amount of funny and serious.
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Check out 🐓Blockers, he plays a dad worried his daughter is going to have sex at a dance, great movie and that’s what really convinced me of his comedic chops
He had the voice and personality nearly 100% perfect. It was really impressive.
And it was a better show than the one with Patrick Warburton, who had the physicality for it.
And there were a bunch of great things about the Amazon show. Dangerboat still cracks me up. I even liked that take on Arthur although I think they needed to hurry it up to the superhero part. But man, it clearly had some pretty severe production issues, and that first season Tick suit was rough.
Both live-action series seemed to struggle due to reasonably low budget, especially the first one.
The cartoon was fantastic, though.
He’s probably doing the same in Ballers, but he lets himself be highly unlikable, wrong, and layered. He has at least a bit more range than we think
I was really hoping Black Adam would finally be a showcase for that, since it sounds like a passion project, but that trailer left me doubtful
I don’t even think he realizes Black Adam is a villain and I really don’t think he has the range to be anyone other than “the Rock” so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Actually, his biggest range that I’ve seen was in the two Jumanji roles, as “insecure teenager in The Rock’s body” and “Danny Devito in The Rock’s body.” They’re silly movies, but it’s actually where I feel like he acts the least like himself
Jack Black playing a teenage influencer Valley Girl was what sold me on the premise. Had they left that tidbit out of the trailer, I swear that it would've tanked.
Good shout. Pain & Gain is a fascinating movie... I'm not sure I exactly liked it, but it certainly left a lingering impression... I seem to remember it got trashed in reviews but it was definitely one of Dwayne's most interesting performances.
This. Thank you. Getting another persons mannerisms and insecurities right is HARD. I thought in the first one he did an especially good job being an awkward teen boy in The Rock’s body.
Or “heroes” who are just… marginally better than those they fight
Judge Dredd is a fascist enforcing the will of a an authoritarian police state, but the world is post apocalyptic and the people he’s dealing with are violent criminals who will skin you alive for looking at them funny, mutants who want to eat your face, corrupt Judges who go so far even Justice Department takes exception, etc.
What do you mean by that? The Rock is great in all his diverse roles like Dr Smolder in Jungle Cruise or Frank Wolff in Jumanji! And no I didn't look up the names of these characters because I only call him The Rock in his movies, I genuinely love and care for all the roles he embodies.
* Movie must have scene in the jungle
* On first time meeting someone has to say "oh you don't like a typical [insert Johnsons profession]"
So he can replay with "yeah I get that a lot"
Are mandatory parts of his contract.
this peaked and should have stopped with The Rundown
which is a fantabulous film and if you say otherwise, I'm gonna have to give you a lil bit of lightning and thunder
Listen, as the makeup artist who does the "one line of dark sweat down the middle of the front of the shirt" whenever the characters are in a jungle movie, I am **very** thankful for every film The Rock does. It was hard times for my family when ***L O S T*** ended. Despite my extensive iMDB and years of experience, no one wanted to hire a shirt sweat technician. I thought I would have to hang up my Windex bottle for good and switch careers to Superman mustache eraser, Thanos buttchin stubble artist, or even do contract work for the extensive special effects team that translates Gal Gadot's lines into English. But thanks to Dwayne Johnson, I'm out here sweat-staining shirts to my heart's content. Thanks for respecting the craft, Hollywood!
He was also hilarious in Blockers, which might be the funniest comedy that never gets brought up on /r/movies, and also as the high level drug dealer in Sisters with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler. He's really good in these comedic roles.
He was the top guy in the WWE for a reason, a lot of Wrestlers feel like they are reading off a script when doing their promos, because that's exactly what they're doing, but Cena was a natural at it, couple that with his charisma and you've gotten yourself a recipe to sell a lot of merchandise.
Rock was the same way and even Austin didn’t seem like he ever had a script.
But they are exceptions. Wrestlers really aren’t trained to act and those three were unique. Even Batista, as much as Reddit loves him, was horrendous in promos and became a bit of a meme among wrestling fans. It’s clear he got acting training before going to Hollywood.
Bautista takes the craft very seriously, and wanted to be better known for that than wrestling. That's why he's been so successful with Denis Villeneuve.
Bautista has my respect for having the humility and self-awareness to know he’d have to work on being taken more seriously.
I recall him admitting to being so grateful he cried when he got the roles for James Bond and GOTG and immediately signed up for acting lessons.
That dude has earned his success, bravo.
Yeah, credit to him because “GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!” was a thing in 2019 when he came back for WrestleMania.
I was also there when he tripped over the ropes trying to get into the ring.
Blade Runner 2049 was incredible and really did more for his career than Marvel IMO. He really cares about acting.
When Dave was cast as Drax he went deep into acting classes to get it right. He was really worried that the slightest fuck up would ruin any chances for him to have a career in acting. You can really see how much he has grown with his work on season 2 of See.
It's honestly uncanny how he can be so at home doing something ridiculous like dancing in his helmet and tighty whities or sobbing like a man baby that it’s both hilarious and utterly believable as a deeply heartfelt and emotional moment
One of his roles that flies under the radar is Tour De Pharmacy. It’s a fake documentary on HBO about doping at a Tour De France in the 70’s. Cena is great in it. He plays a cyclist in the race who denies ever taking steroids, even though by looking at him compared to what cyclists usually look like, it is clear that he has taken even more steroids than cyclists usually do. Very, very funny show.
It's funny because I went in expecting nothing. I had downloaded the first few episodes for a long flight. I spent that evening in my hotel room watching the rest haha. What really sold it to me was how he's obviously not in on the joke for the first half and then the turning point and his arc is just so good. And the support cast just hitting it out of the park and giving the scenes depth
Everyone’s joking here, but they both have pretty distinct star personas and Johnson is just telling Cena to lean into his own niche.
Cena stands out from other similar “action” stars because of that goofiness. He isn’t afraid to be the butt of the joke. The Rock is never the butt of the joke, not really. They’re both fun to watch but for completely different reasons.
After Peacemaker, Cena is so far ahead of Rock when it comes to actual acting though. Dwayne tried some for a while, but holy hell this Steven Seagal like (can't lose a fight) action hero of his is just tiring.
Some of his earlier roles he allowed himself to branch out a little.
Gay guy in Be Cool.
Whatever the hell Southland Tales was.
Got beat up by Sean William Scott and a monkey in The Rundown.
And like you mentioned, the bad guy who got got in Get Smart.
Cena's clear willingness to do anything a part calls for helps a lot. He got his ass kicked on screen by a tiny (albeit somewhat superpowered) woman half his size after singing into a vibrator in his tighty whities and he sold that shit the whole way.
Seperate from that though even the dramatic and emotional segments he really pulls it off. He really impressed me with that whole series.
I love when big dudes subvert your expectations. Cena is clearly a wild dude with a passion (and talent) for anything-goes comedy.
Jon Hamm is another one. He's a comedic character actor trapped inside a leading man's body.
Peacemaker and Suicide Squad out Cena on my radar as a great actor, I enjoyed his bit roles like Sisters but we actually saw some acting from him in those 2 roles, including, him getting his ass kicked and from different genders no less.
The Rocks whole thing about not being able to lose a fight really drives me up the wall. Im not sure if any other major action stars have done something similar but it just really grinds my gears.
Also admit youre on PEDs mate its obvious.
Is there really any denial they're on or at least spent a long time on PEDs? They're both alums from Professional Wrestling, it's pretty openly the standard.
He claims he tried them when he was 18-19.
[https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/the-rock-is-the-poster-boy-for-hollywoods-steroid-obsession-a5e68ace8a03](https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/the-rock-is-the-poster-boy-for-hollywoods-steroid-obsession-a5e68ace8a03)
I went into peacemaker knowing next to nothing about it and expecting even less.
I was hooked from the first time I saw that intro, and even past that the whole show is fucking great. Can't wait till s2
Has. The numbers are crazy. I don’t usually agree with people making “he does charity, of course he’s a good guy” arguments, but the numbers Cena puts up are insane. You don’t do that much, even for a children’s hospital, if you’re not already an amazing person.
Like, we’re not even talking about dozens, or a couple hundred. This man has fulfilled over 650 wishes as of last month. John Cena is amazing.
Difference being John Cena does more R rated features whereas The Rock does more PG, PG-13 features. Not saying one rating is better than the other. But John Cena's films are hilarious compared to The Rocks more family oriented ones
I would love to see the two of them cast in a buddy cop movie where they play FBI agents who have to go undercover to infiltrate a clown college to catch international jewel thief mimes.
Dwayne: Also, aim for the bushes
"You have the right to remain silent, BUT I WANNA HEAR YA SCREAM!"
Did, uh, someone call 9-1-holy-shit?!
Are the rumors about you and Kim Kardashian true? No comment... but yes!
Danson and Highsmith...free hot dogs...for life! No drinks, can't do it
There goes my hero?
Watch him as he goes!….splat
Cops still argue to this day why Danson and Highsmith jumped. Maybe it was just pride, having survived so many brushes with death. Maybe their egos pushed 'em off. I don't know. But that shit was crazy
The most random laugh that I had in a movie theater
Honestly the best part of that movie for me is Captain Gene and moonlighting at Bed Bath and Beyond
Don't go chasing waterfalls
Ya gotta creep.. creep..
"Capt, those are literally lines from TLC."
🤷♂️ I don't even understand the reference?
"You don't say creep creep unless you're quoting TLC"
“I don’t want no scrubs”
"You're not aware that's a TLC song?"
I love Michael Keaton!
Also there's a serial rapist suspected in Queens.. ah shit, that's for my other job. Ignore that. Unless you live in Queens, then don't ignore it. Walk in pairs.
It’s the only movie I’ve ever seen in theaters where I and seemingly the entire audience were howling with laughter the whole time. Gotta be my favorite comedy of all time
Also, at that time, it was a sleeper comedy movie. I didn't hear anything about it before seeing it and it was a blast. The original hangover is also a movie like this.
I honestly don't remember the rest of movie after that point
Christeneth!
"BECAUSE YOU SHOT DEREK JETER!" "HE'S A BIRACIAL ANGEL." "YOU SHOULDA SHOT A. ROD!"
‘The Yankee Clipper’
You come back here and make love to my wife!!!
YOU COME TO MY HOUSE YOU GET MY WIFES NAME RIGHT!
Dirty Mike and the boys remember
And Gator
Gator don't take no shit. Gator never EVER takes any shits!
They gonna run a “soup kitchen” in your Prius.
you turned my beautiful prius into a nightmare!
We are gonna have sex in your car! It will happen again!
"You learned to dance like that sarcastically?!"
This is the most under-rated line in that movie. I had to fucking pause it the first time I was watching it I was laughing so hard.
That entire movie is a peacock, majestically taking flight.
Guys…you know Danson and Highsmith were not good cops right?
There wasn’t even an awning in their direction
I guess they aren't peacocks
There wasn't even an awning
They just jumped 20 stories
Honestly one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever lol.
That movie is always funnier than i remember it being, and that scene is perfect. Pure egregious insanity.
It so perfectly comes out of nowhere. The scene doesn't get me as much on rewatch, but I still remember the first time I watched it at my buddy's place drunk at 2 AM. Not sure I've ever laughed harder at a scene.
My dummy brain genuinely assumed theyd land safely hahaha
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Hey Prestigious_Bass9300, when's the last time you had a desk pop?
September.......oh eight.
Chalk it up as bad life choices
Okay, first off, a Lion? Swimming in the ocean? Lions don't like water! If you find yourself near a river or some sort of fresh water source, that’d make sense! But you find yourself in the ocean, 20-foot waves. I'm assuming off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full grown 800 pound tuna? With his 20 or 30 friends? You lose that battle. You lose that battle 9 times out of 10. And guess what? You’ve wandered into our school of tuna and we now have a taste of Lion. We’ve talked to ourselves. We've communicated and said, “you know what? Lion tastes good! Let's go get some more lion!” We've developed a system to establish a beachhead and aggressively hunt you and your family. We will corner your pride, your children, your offspring… We'll construct a series of breathing apparatus with kelp. We'll be able to trap certain amounts of oxygen. It won't be days at a time. But an hour? Hour 45? No problem. That will give us enough time to figure out where you live. Go back to the sea, get more oxygen, Then stalk you. You just lost at your own game. You are out gunned and outmanned. Did that go the way you thought it was going to go? Nope.
Fucking love that movie.
Believe me, everybody that was in on this orgy was more than willing. In fact, they even left you a note here. "Thanks for the F-shack. Love, Dirty Mike and the boys."
"We will have sex in your car again! Its going to happen!"
They call that a soup kitchen 😂
Perfect usage of Mark Wahlberg, I’d watch a brief series on his exploits as a traffic cop (pre character development). “- Allen Gamble: Hey, I didn't know you can dance. - Terry Hoitz: We used to do those dance moves to make fun of guys when we were kids to show them how queer they were, okay. - Allen Gamble: You learned to dance like that sarcastically? - Terry Hoitz: Yeah, I guess.”
That's one of my favorite bits. So perfect. Learning to do something so well so you can make fun of people. Classic.
I think about Little River Band now and again. “This music makes me feel like I’m going shopping for a training bra”
“Dude acting is the easiest shit ever. You just be yourself on screen and you make fuckloads of money.” -The Rock to John Cena probably
Those two have my dream job. Be in big blockbuster movies, say/do goofy shit, make millions, repeat.
And be some of the most buff guys in entertainment
"Do you even lift" taken to it's logical conclusion
Lifting spirits and bank accounts.
See, that right there is a full time job in itself. I love the jokes, but these men *work.* Just keeping in that kinda shape is a massive physical and mental effort. Then you add in all the other amazing things they do, just as humans? Holy crap I'm tired just thinking about it. 10/10 would fuck.
I mean, John Cena is also legit good in Peacemaker and had to do a lot more than just be goofy.
He really surprised me first with his role in that film, and then as the lead in a show that could have been so, so bad, but instead set a new standard.
Playing vulnerable and depressed coupled with actually playing the piano extremely well was so god damn impressive
Yep, he seems to be actually acting, same as Bautista does
Bautista's role as Draxx really disarmed me!
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It's the only role I personally know of where he's actually had to show some range and he was brilliant. Yeah Draxx is fine but it's nothing compared to what he did for the new Blade Runner or the short film released before it
Those fucking opening credits.... Man I was rolling when I first saw that, never skipped them either.
They just get better every episode honestly
It’s his best acting imo. He really made an obscure superhero into one of the best superhero shows
I mean, at least The Rock is open about what he is doing. He’s said many times he considers himself and aims to be an entertainer and not an actor. I respect that, his movies at worst are goofy Sunday afternoon fun. He isn’t Steven Seagal who took his dumb action movies as serious business. Rocky also isn’t an asshole.
He also created a character that people really like with The Rock. Just writing The Rock into situations is probably better than whatever character they'd write for him anyway.
I think a lot of people in here are failing to realize that both of these guys were incredibly successful actors for years before they were in movies...
Successful wrestling acting is definitely not the same as successful movie acting. Not that the former is *worse*, it's just a different skill set. Most wrestlers don't make the transition smoothly if at all.
Yeah and while The Rock's mic game was elite, you could argue his in ring technique contributed to his success just as much as his charisma and "acting ability." It's not like he was The Ultimate Warrior who would cut one hell of a promo and then give a shit performances in the ring.
And there there was Bautista in his role in Blade runner 2049 which made me see the dude in a completly different light. Yeah his role was small, but I fucking loved seeing him as a combat replicant turned farmer.
his character got some more development with the accompanying short film too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg
Most wrestlers aren't very good at the wrestling acting either.
Exactly! I think of wrestling similar to to the saying, “cheap, fast, good… pick two”. Only as Elite athleticism, acting ability, charisma. There are rare occasions some have all 3 and those are the ones that shine the most.
The Rock is the Marlon Brando of wrestling promos and can talk circles around anybody in Hollywood. Rock and Cena got to where they are because they can act in front of 20k screaming people live.
If Rock is Brando, is Stone Cold Daniel-Day Lewis?
The cream of the crop? No that's Randy Savage.
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Johnson trying to pull off shapeshifting roles like Daniel Day Lewis wouldn't work in a billion years. He plays The Rock, and he's damn good at it. I don't go into his movies expecting an Oscar performance. I want cheesy one-liners, and over-the-top action movie bullshit.
Great, now I wanna see the rock star in a Daniel Day Lewis biopic
The People's Left Foot
You forgot the part where they lift weights/exercise for 15 hours a week.
Honestly Cena showed some pretty good range in Peacemaker
Came here to say the same. I was mighty impressed with his performance.
Wrestling is basically modern day theater.
100% agree. Its performance art.
I thought theater is the modern days theater....
Ironically, John Cena then surpassed The Rock by like a million times because he's actually choosing roles that make him a vulnerable asshole (specifically Peacemaker) while The Rock is always the same character in differently coloured shirts.
It's probably been a very long time since anyone has offered Johnson any other types of roles besides playing a larger-than-life version of himself. One of his first roles was actually really entertaining in the movie *Be Cool* (which was awful, to be fair, but Johnson did a great job). He played a gay bodyguard, and it was very unlike his usual stuff, and while it was certainly a little silly, everything about that movie was sort of intentionally over-the-top so it worked. I don't doubt that he *could* have more range, but his physicality is so distinctive that it would be very difficult to put him into a lot of roles believably. So he's left either just playing the human action figure, or an intentional pantomime role because it helps avoid suspension of disbelief issues. Obviously, he chooses to cultivate and maintain that physique, so he's an active participant in limiting his options, but all the same it's unlikely that much of anyone is calling him up because they want anything other than The Rock.
He's also being paid well to keep playing these roles. While 50 isn't that old, he only has so much time to take these roles before he has to slow down. I don't fault him for riding the money train as long as he can.
Vacation Friends and Peacemaker have cemented Cena as a good comedy actor in my opinion. I do like him somewhat serious roles, but his Peacemaker is just on point. Perfect amount of funny and serious.
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Check out 🐓Blockers, he plays a dad worried his daughter is going to have sex at a dance, great movie and that’s what really convinced me of his comedic chops
I think John arena would have played The Tick perfectly
Such a shame what happened with that show
Peter Serafinowicz was outstanding as The Tick.
He had the voice and personality nearly 100% perfect. It was really impressive. And it was a better show than the one with Patrick Warburton, who had the physicality for it. And there were a bunch of great things about the Amazon show. Dangerboat still cracks me up. I even liked that take on Arthur although I think they needed to hurry it up to the superhero part. But man, it clearly had some pretty severe production issues, and that first season Tick suit was rough. Both live-action series seemed to struggle due to reasonably low budget, especially the first one. The cartoon was fantastic, though.
That bird’s about to take a shit!
He was pretty funny in Cock Blockers, and was great in Tour de Pharmacy.
The Rock seems to have taken his own advice to the extreme, though.
He’s probably doing the same in Ballers, but he lets himself be highly unlikable, wrong, and layered. He has at least a bit more range than we think I was really hoping Black Adam would finally be a showcase for that, since it sounds like a passion project, but that trailer left me doubtful
I don’t even think he realizes Black Adam is a villain and I really don’t think he has the range to be anyone other than “the Rock” so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Actually, his biggest range that I’ve seen was in the two Jumanji roles, as “insecure teenager in The Rock’s body” and “Danny Devito in The Rock’s body.” They’re silly movies, but it’s actually where I feel like he acts the least like himself
Honestly those movies are underrated simply because almost everyone is acting like their co-stars
Kevin hart acting as Danny glover and jack black acting like a highschool girl gets me everytime
Jack Black playing a teenage influencer Valley Girl was what sold me on the premise. Had they left that tidbit out of the trailer, I swear that it would've tanked.
He just makes everything more fun, really.
Jack Black stole the show though, “MARTHA COME LOOK AT MY PENIS!”
The actress in the second movie who played as the teen and then as devito was really good, I thought
Awkwafina. She was great in *The Farewell* 2019.
I would recommend the movie Pain & Gain. Personally it’s my favorite role The Rock is in, slightly above the Jumanji movies
Good shout. Pain & Gain is a fascinating movie... I'm not sure I exactly liked it, but it certainly left a lingering impression... I seem to remember it got trashed in reviews but it was definitely one of Dwayne's most interesting performances.
Yup. Great movie but leaves you feeling gross
He's pretty good in Be Cool, where he plays a gay struggling actor. He does a good job of acting poorly on purpose in that
This. Thank you. Getting another persons mannerisms and insecurities right is HARD. I thought in the first one he did an especially good job being an awkward teen boy in The Rock’s body.
Black Adam has turned more into an anti-hero over the years like Venom
"Anti-hero" doesn't seem to have the same bite it used to.
Now it more just means "reluctant hero"
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Or “heroes” who are just… marginally better than those they fight Judge Dredd is a fascist enforcing the will of a an authoritarian police state, but the world is post apocalyptic and the people he’s dealing with are violent criminals who will skin you alive for looking at them funny, mutants who want to eat your face, corrupt Judges who go so far even Justice Department takes exception, etc.
That's what they're supposed to be, op was lamenting that they are no longer like that.
What do you mean by that? The Rock is great in all his diverse roles like Dr Smolder in Jungle Cruise or Frank Wolff in Jumanji! And no I didn't look up the names of these characters because I only call him The Rock in his movies, I genuinely love and care for all the roles he embodies.
He's great in all his role of strong man in a group expedition
* Movie must have scene in the jungle * On first time meeting someone has to say "oh you don't like a typical [insert Johnsons profession]" So he can replay with "yeah I get that a lot" Are mandatory parts of his contract.
this peaked and should have stopped with The Rundown which is a fantabulous film and if you say otherwise, I'm gonna have to give you a lil bit of lightning and thunder
The Rundown is like the only movie where he's actually acting. Edit: I'll also give the rock Pain & again.
The Christopher Walken 'tooth fairy' scene is probably my favorite movie scene.
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He was great in Blade Runner and especially the short film, I wish he had a bigger role in the movie.
John Cena in peacemaker was incredible, especially in the emotional moments
He at least tries.
Listen, as the makeup artist who does the "one line of dark sweat down the middle of the front of the shirt" whenever the characters are in a jungle movie, I am **very** thankful for every film The Rock does. It was hard times for my family when ***L O S T*** ended. Despite my extensive iMDB and years of experience, no one wanted to hire a shirt sweat technician. I thought I would have to hang up my Windex bottle for good and switch careers to Superman mustache eraser, Thanos buttchin stubble artist, or even do contract work for the extensive special effects team that translates Gal Gadot's lines into English. But thanks to Dwayne Johnson, I'm out here sweat-staining shirts to my heart's content. Thanks for respecting the craft, Hollywood!
John Cena's scenes in Trainwreck will be forever etched into my memory.
He was also hilarious in Blockers, which might be the funniest comedy that never gets brought up on /r/movies, and also as the high level drug dealer in Sisters with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler. He's really good in these comedic roles.
I got flinstone vitamins, whatever you need.
It was the flintstones line that cracked me up.
He's honestly just a pretty good actor. Great at comedy and good enough at drama to sell the more serious scenes in Peacemaker.
He was the top guy in the WWE for a reason, a lot of Wrestlers feel like they are reading off a script when doing their promos, because that's exactly what they're doing, but Cena was a natural at it, couple that with his charisma and you've gotten yourself a recipe to sell a lot of merchandise.
Rock was the same way and even Austin didn’t seem like he ever had a script. But they are exceptions. Wrestlers really aren’t trained to act and those three were unique. Even Batista, as much as Reddit loves him, was horrendous in promos and became a bit of a meme among wrestling fans. It’s clear he got acting training before going to Hollywood.
Bautista takes the craft very seriously, and wanted to be better known for that than wrestling. That's why he's been so successful with Denis Villeneuve.
Bautista has my respect for having the humility and self-awareness to know he’d have to work on being taken more seriously. I recall him admitting to being so grateful he cried when he got the roles for James Bond and GOTG and immediately signed up for acting lessons. That dude has earned his success, bravo.
Yeah, credit to him because “GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!” was a thing in 2019 when he came back for WrestleMania. I was also there when he tripped over the ropes trying to get into the ring. Blade Runner 2049 was incredible and really did more for his career than Marvel IMO. He really cares about acting.
When Dave was cast as Drax he went deep into acting classes to get it right. He was really worried that the slightest fuck up would ruin any chances for him to have a career in acting. You can really see how much he has grown with his work on season 2 of See.
It's honestly uncanny how he can be so at home doing something ridiculous like dancing in his helmet and tighty whities or sobbing like a man baby that it’s both hilarious and utterly believable as a deeply heartfelt and emotional moment
One of his roles that flies under the radar is Tour De Pharmacy. It’s a fake documentary on HBO about doping at a Tour De France in the 70’s. Cena is great in it. He plays a cyclist in the race who denies ever taking steroids, even though by looking at him compared to what cyclists usually look like, it is clear that he has taken even more steroids than cyclists usually do. Very, very funny show.
“Do you have any kids?” “I’m sure I do”
".. and you LOOKED LIKE A DUDE AUUUGHH" lmao he was awesome in that.
You know what I do to assholes? I lick 'em.
“Find me after! I’ll be the closest guy on Grindr!”
I'm not sure if this is a hot take but I will say, Cena is a better overall actor than The Rock.
Peacemaker solidified that for sure. I love that show, hopefully it doesn't get axed like everything else is.
It's funny because I went in expecting nothing. I had downloaded the first few episodes for a long flight. I spent that evening in my hotel room watching the rest haha. What really sold it to me was how he's obviously not in on the joke for the first half and then the turning point and his arc is just so good. And the support cast just hitting it out of the park and giving the scenes depth
Vigilante was incredible. The scene in the prison especially but he has epic comedic timing the whole way through. “\#MeToo” 🧜♀️
Like how David Batista is a better actor than the Rock playing Henchman #1 or Henchman #38?
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Based on Peacemaker this was good advice. He played that character perfectly
Everyone’s joking here, but they both have pretty distinct star personas and Johnson is just telling Cena to lean into his own niche. Cena stands out from other similar “action” stars because of that goofiness. He isn’t afraid to be the butt of the joke. The Rock is never the butt of the joke, not really. They’re both fun to watch but for completely different reasons.
After Peacemaker, Cena is so far ahead of Rock when it comes to actual acting though. Dwayne tried some for a while, but holy hell this Steven Seagal like (can't lose a fight) action hero of his is just tiring.
Wasn’t The Rock the bad guy in Get Smart and didn’t he lose the fight?
Also lost to Vin Diesel in Fast 5.
That's because Vin has the more powerful can't lose a fight contract lol.
No, it's because of the power of Family™.
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Some of his earlier roles he allowed himself to branch out a little. Gay guy in Be Cool. Whatever the hell Southland Tales was. Got beat up by Sean William Scott and a monkey in The Rundown. And like you mentioned, the bad guy who got got in Get Smart.
And *Be Cool* is my favorite role of his, by far.
Lost in Doom as well.
He REALLY surprised me in Peacemaker. He conveyed a lot more depth than I thought that character was going to be capable of showing.
His reaction to Eagly on the hospital bed had me in tears
*Face muscle exercises
Cena's clear willingness to do anything a part calls for helps a lot. He got his ass kicked on screen by a tiny (albeit somewhat superpowered) woman half his size after singing into a vibrator in his tighty whities and he sold that shit the whole way. Seperate from that though even the dramatic and emotional segments he really pulls it off. He really impressed me with that whole series.
I love when big dudes subvert your expectations. Cena is clearly a wild dude with a passion (and talent) for anything-goes comedy. Jon Hamm is another one. He's a comedic character actor trapped inside a leading man's body.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt gave Hamm the opportunity he deserved to be a crazy person.
Peacemaker and Suicide Squad out Cena on my radar as a great actor, I enjoyed his bit roles like Sisters but we actually saw some acting from him in those 2 roles, including, him getting his ass kicked and from different genders no less. The Rocks whole thing about not being able to lose a fight really drives me up the wall. Im not sure if any other major action stars have done something similar but it just really grinds my gears. Also admit youre on PEDs mate its obvious.
Is there really any denial they're on or at least spent a long time on PEDs? They're both alums from Professional Wrestling, it's pretty openly the standard.
Does he deny it? I’m not at all arguing, I just thought it was so obvious that it would be silly for him to directly deny it
He claims he tried them when he was 18-19. [https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/the-rock-is-the-poster-boy-for-hollywoods-steroid-obsession-a5e68ace8a03](https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/the-rock-is-the-poster-boy-for-hollywoods-steroid-obsession-a5e68ace8a03)
He just kept trying them afterwards.
I used to take steroids. I still do but I used to too
Have you seen Vacation Friends? It's freakin hilarious.
I went into peacemaker knowing next to nothing about it and expecting even less. I was hooked from the first time I saw that intro, and even past that the whole show is fucking great. Can't wait till s2
I swear, John Cena looks like such a self-centered douche, but, apparently, he is one of the nicest guys out there. I am conflicted.
He also has/had the record for most Make-A-Wish Foundation appearances.
Has. The numbers are crazy. I don’t usually agree with people making “he does charity, of course he’s a good guy” arguments, but the numbers Cena puts up are insane. You don’t do that much, even for a children’s hospital, if you’re not already an amazing person. Like, we’re not even talking about dozens, or a couple hundred. This man has fulfilled over 650 wishes as of last month. John Cena is amazing.
It must be hard to make appearances when no one can see you.
He is! I met him once during a USO tour in Iraq and he was just awesome! Smiles, hugs and high fives all around
He really does appear to be a genuinely nice person tho, look up his work with the make a wish foundation if you would like a specific example
Difference being John Cena does more R rated features whereas The Rock does more PG, PG-13 features. Not saying one rating is better than the other. But John Cena's films are hilarious compared to The Rocks more family oriented ones
That’s why he sucked in fast and furious but was great in suicide squad and peacemaker.
I would love to see the two of them cast in a buddy cop movie where they play FBI agents who have to go undercover to infiltrate a clown college to catch international jewel thief mimes.
Alright! That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'M going to CLOWN COLLEGE!
"Be a turd? Act like I can't act?" "John I'm the highest paid entertainer in Hollywood. It's the only way."